General knowledge of india- IMPORTANT DAYS

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IMPORTANT DAYS

INDIA
January 9	Pravasiya Bharatiya Divas
January 12	National Youth Day
January 15	Army Day
January 25	Tourism Day
January 26	Republic Day
January 30	Martyrs' Day
February 28	National Science Day
March 3	National Defence Day
March 4	National Security Day
March 16	National Vaccination Day
April 5	National Maritime Day
May 11	National Technology Day
July 26	Kargil Victory Day
August 9	Quit India Day
August 15	Independence Day
August 20	Sadbhavna Divas
August 29	National Sports Day
September 5	Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day
October 2	Gandhi Jayanthi
October 8	Indian Air Force Day
October 10	National Postal Day
November 14	Children’s Day
November 26	Law Day
December 4	Navy Day
December 7	Flag Day
December 18	Minorities Rights Day
December 14	National Energy Conservation Day
December 23	Farmers Day

INTERNATIONAL
January 10	World Laughter Day
January 26	International Customs Day
January 30	World Leprosy Eradication Day
March 8	International Women’s Day; International Literacy Day
March 15	World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
March 19	World Disabled Day
March 21	World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 22	World Day for Water
March 23	World Meteorological Day
March 24	World TB Day
April 7	World Health Day
April 17	World Haemophilia Day
April 18	World Heritage Day
April 22	Earth Day
April 23	World Book and Copyright Day
May 1	International Labour Day
May 3	Press Freedom Day, International Energy Day
May 8	World Red Cross Day
May 12	International Nurses Day
May 15	International Day of the Family
May 17	World Telecom Day
May 24	Commonwealth Day
May 31	Anti-tobacco Day
June 5	World Environment Day
July 1	Doctor's Day
July 11	World Population Day
August 6	Hiroshima Day
August 9	Nagasaki Day
August 12	International Youth Day
August 19	World Photography Day
September 8	World Literary Day
September 15	International Day of Democracy
September 16	World Ozone Day
September 26	Day of the Deaf
September 27	World Tourism Day
October 1	International Day for the Elderly
October 2	International Non-violence Day; World Wetlands Day
October 3	World Habitat Day
October 4	World Animal Welfare Day
October 9	World Postal Day
October 10	World Mental Health Day
October 12	World Sight Day
October 16	World Food Day
October 17	International Poverty Eradication Day
October 24	United Nations Day
October 30	World Thrift Day
November 14	Diabetes Day
December 1	World AIDS Day
December 10	Human Rights Day
December 11	UNICEF Day

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general knowledge of india- Important Battles And Wars In India

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Important Battles And Wars In India

Battle of Hydaspes 326 B.C.—Alexander the Great, defeated Porus, the Paurava king. Impressed by the valour of Porus, ultimately Alexander returned his kingdom to him. 

Battle of Kalinga 261 B.C.—Ashoka defeated the king of Kalinga. Ashoka embraced Buddhism and preached it during the rest of his life after this war. 

First Battle of Tarain or Thaneswar A.D. 1191  Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori. Second Battle of Tarain A.D. 1192—Mohammed Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan. Ghori’s victory paved the way for the establishment of Muslim rule in India. 

First Battle of Panipat 1526—Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi. This laid the foundation of the Mughal rule in India. 

Battle of Khanwah 1527— Babar defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar. This battle resulted in the defeat of the powerful Rajput confederacy. 

Second Battle of Panipat 1556—Bairam Khan (Akbar’s General) defeated Hemu (the Hindu General and right-hand man of Mohd. Adil Shah). It also ended the Afghan Rule and Mughal Rule began instead. 

Battle of Talikota 1564- 65—United alliance between Bijapur, Bidar, Ahmednagar and Golkonda under Hussain Nizam Shah defeated Ram Raja of Vijayanagar. It destroyed the Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. 

Battle of Haldighati 1576—Akbar’s forces headed by Raja Man Singh defeated Rana Pratap, the brave Rajput king. Though defeated, Rana Pratap refused to accept Mughal authority and carried on warfare till his death. 

Battle of Plassey 1757— The English under Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah.It brought Muslim Rule in Bengal to an end and laid foundations of the British Rule in India. 

Battle of Wandiwash 1760—The English defeated the French. The battle sealed the fate of the French in India and paved the way for English rule in India. 

Third Battle of Panipat 1761—Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Marathas. It gave a terrible blow to the Maratha power. It made the field clear for the English. 

Battle of Buxar 1764— Fought in 1764 between the forces of the English and the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Oudh) and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam. The English victory at Buxar finally riveted the shackles of the Company’s rule upon Bengal. 

First Mysore War (1767- 68)—In 1768, Haider Ali was defeated by the English relinquishing all his rights over Mysore in favour of the English. 

Second Mysore War 1780— A grand alliance between Haider Ali, the Nizam and the Marathas was formed and Haider Ali. He defeated the English and took possession of Arcot and became the undisputed master of the Carnatic. 

Third Mysore War 1790- 92—Fought between the English and Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan had to submit and was compelled to sign the Treaty of Seringapattam stripped him of half his territory. 

Fourth Mysore War 1799— The British forces under Arthur Wellesley defeated Tipu Sultan, which brought the end of the Tipu Sultan. Maratha War 1803-05—It weakened the Maratha power. The English annexed Tanjore, Surat and Carnatic. 

Fourth Maratha War 1817- 18—The British forces defeated Marathas and this campaign finally extinguished the Maratha Empire. 

Battle of Cheelianwala 1849—Forces of the East India Company under Lord Hugh Gough defeated the Sikhs under Sher Singh. 

Burmese War 1885—As a result of this War, the whole of Burma was occupied by the English and made a part of India. 

Afghan War III 1919—As a result of this War, Treaty of Rawalpindi was signed by which Afghanistan was recognised as an independent State. 

lndo-Pak War 1965—This was Pakistan’s second attack on India. While India had the upper hand, the fighting was brought to a stop by a call for ceasefire issued by the Security Council. Later on, Tashkent accord was signed between the two nations. lndo-

Pak War Dec 1971— Pakistan started the war attacking India on Dec 3. India defeated Pakistan on all fronts. Pakistani occupation forces, numbering about one lakh, in East Bengal (Bangladesh) surrendered. Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation.

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